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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Noah Davis, 1 December 1871
Date: December 1, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02214
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Dec. 1, 1871.
Hon. Noah Davis,
U.S. Attorney,
New York.
Sir:
For special reasons, made known to me by the Treasury Department, I have thought proper to retain the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, as a special assistant to you in the prosecution of Joshua D. Miner in the Circuit Court of your District, and enclose a commission which you will deliver to Mr. Pierrepont.
I learn that this appointment is acceptable to you.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
E. Pierrepont retained
Special Ass't U.S. Atty.